Re: DIS: Re: Checking In
On Tue, 2020-02-11 at 17:50 -0500, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus via agora-discussion wrote: > Let's hope the third attempt works. I received this. I didn't receive your other messages. Agora has a long tradition of watchers, anyway. (I guess I'm one of them, too, at the moment.) -- ais523
DIS: Re: Checking In
Let's hope the third attempt works. Publius Scribonius Scholasticus On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 5:47 PM Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > > Hello Agora, > > It's been a long time (one year, three months, and twenty days) since > I sent a message to Agora. I just wanted to say that recently I've > been following Agoran events and finding them interesting once again. > While I don't have the time to rejoin, I might comment now and again. > Anyway, keep up the good work! > > Publius Scribonius Scholasticus
Re: DIS: Re: BUS: Last minute proposals
On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 14:17, Timon Walshe-Grey via agora-discussion wrote: > Would it not be simpler to just say "If the Prime Minister is Laureled, > then e NEED NOT appoint emself Speaker, and doing so causes the office > of Prime Minister to become vacant"? > > -twg The latter might work, but I think requiring explicit resignation is cleaner. And the formal announcement is to ensure that the non-appointment uses up the "CAN once" and that it does not remain indefinitely. -Alexis
DIS: Re: BUS: Last minute proposals
Alexis wrote:
> Proposal: The Paradox of Self-Appointment (AI=1, chamber=Participation)
> {{{
> Amend Rule 103 (The Speaker) by inserting
> {
> If the Prime Minister is emself Laureled, eir power to appoint a
> Speaker continues for the entirety of a message in which e resigns as
> Prime Minister, and if e is the only Laureled player, e CAN void that
> power, and thereby discharge the obligation to use it, by announcing
> that e declines to take the office.
> }
>
> at the end of the second paragraph, and by moving the first two
> sentences of the second paragraph to the first paragraph.
> }}}
Would it not be simpler to just say "If the Prime Minister is Laureled,
then e NEED NOT appoint emself Speaker, and doing so causes the office
of Prime Minister to become vacant"?
-twg
DIS: Re: BUS: Election Intents
On Tue, 11 Feb 2020 at 13:40, Jason Cobb via agora-business wrote: > Rulekeepor fails as I already initiated one. I don't know if this means > becoming a candidate fails, too. I think they were written independently, so I believe I have become a candidate. But I'm not really in this to win it, so *shruggie*. -Alexis
Re: DIS: Inquiry (attn. Assessor)
On 2/11/20 2:04 AM, Aris Merchant via agora-discussion wrote: > H. Assessor, the Promotorial Proposal Office is tentatively holding off on > distributing the next round of proposals until the current round is > resolved. In particular, we believe that it would be advantageous for the > Proposal 8320 to be resolved so that unassigned proposals can be referred > to appropriate ministries. However, we understand that you may be delayed > in resolving this round of proposals due to the recent changes to the > structure of the Agoran legislature. We therefore wish to inquire as to > when the current round of proposals might be resolved. > > Sincerely, > Aris > Promotor of Agora Nomic I'll probably make the draft resolution official within the next day or two if nobody spots any errors in it. -- Jason Cobb
